Advances in home design emphasize small kitchens and large bathrooms
The article discusses a winter trend toward compact kitchens and expansive bathrooms driven by efficiency. It traces kitchen layouts from the past to modern oblong designs, notes bathroom innovations, and highlights appliances like automatic refrigerators and electric dishwashers as key to contemporary domestic life. It also covers water softeners and evolving house cleaning tools shaping future homes.
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United States
Listeners Seek Others’ Faults More Than Their Own
Readers crave critique of others more than praise for themselves, a Chicago News reflection notes. Public appetite tilts toward negative assessments, shaping discourse and attention in media and everyday conversation.
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Chicago News
Hair packing used in English warship plates
Elastic hair was densely packed between vessel plates to back metal, providing a strong cushioning and backing in English warships.
Paint Coat Shields Nails From Ultraviolet Arc Rays
An oil type gray paint for nail coverings absorbs dangerous ultraviolet rays from arc welding. The coating dries in about two hours after application.
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Popular Mechanics Magazine
Lambing season yields best lamb crops and care tips
Prof. W T Grams outlines lambing time as key for flock culling and replacement. He cites Minnesota and Michigan contests with high lamb crops, stresses immediate care for weak or disowned lambs, and advises bottle feeding with high testing cow milk at 92 degrees to prevent scouring or constipation.
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W.T. Grams
New York State College of Agriculture
CG. W. ‘Wingart
Minnesota
Michigan
Lambs Thrive on Russian Thistle Feed in Colorado Study
At Akron Colorado station seven groups of twenty lambs averaging 59 pounds fed Russian thistle for ninety days. Ground thistle valued at 4.58 per ton in feed replacement. Green cut thistle fed without grinding proved unnecessary for forage. Dry thistle shown to contain about 5 percent protein and 30 percent carbohydrates.
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Akron
Colo
Colorado
East
New Yorker
Sow Soys in Wheat Double Cropping In Indiana
Indiana farmers experiment with soybeans planted in wheat fields. W B Bingham seeded 50 acres with three pecks of Sables per acre. wheat yield 20 bushels per acre in June harvest. Despite dry following year, Bingham plans to continue. Roy Siebeking has grown soybeans in wheat since 1928, yielding 24 bushels per acre on stubble. beans volunteered and 20 bushels of wheat per acre the prior year.
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W. B. Bingham
Gibson County
Indiana
C. M. Bast
Silage as the Cheapest Stock Feed for Farms
Silage offers the cheapest substitute for pasture and hay and is the best way to preserve corn crops. Drought frost or hail damage can be salvaged by ensiling to create excellent feed. Owners should equip silos to attract tenants and enrich their farms with profitable stock.
Requeen Every Year Advised by Bee Expert Kremer
At a Michigan State College bee meeting J C Kremer urged attendants to requeen annually. The remark came amid guidance on colony health and management practices for apiaries.
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J. C. Kremer
Michigan State College
Durkk
Fewer and Better Animals in Herd Boost Dairy Returns
University of Minnesota dairy expert says replacing 1,000,000 cows in the state with 654,239 cows as good as the average dairy herd could add about 20 million dollars to annual farm income without increasing milk supply. Fifty-five associations across 72 counties aid herd owners with low cost records and management guidance.
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Dilry
Rhode
College,of Agriculture
University of
New Production Record Set by Holstein Herd
The Cherokee State hospital Holstein herd in Cherokee Iowa set a national record for 50+ cows with an average 15721 pounds milk and 11 pounds fat per cow in the year test. The 50 cows included 13 class A and 87 class B cows milking four and three times daily respectively.
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Cherokee State Hospital
Cherokee
Iowa
Holstein-Friesian Association of American
United States
Milking Thrice Daily At Canadian Exhibition
A Montreal Family Herald report records a chat with George Innes of J W Innes and Sons about rotating farm workers for a Jersey herd milking three times daily. He says the aim is mainly to improve R O P and records, but he believes milking thrice daily would be profitable beyond mere records.
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George Innes
J. W. Innes and Sons
George
Montreal Family Herald
Cream farming could boost dairy profits with cream sales
A Farm Journal note argues cream sales benefit dairies by keeping skimmilk on the farm, reducing hauling and health costs, easing chores, and yielding higher income, while bulk milk remains less profitable at current prices.
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Board of Health
Farm Journal
Pays to Test Cows Showcases Babcock Method
Dairy official Martin Swedbred of Woodford County Illinois cautions that cow value hinges on milk test data. Two cows freshened within three days. after nine months milking, one cow yielded a profit over feed costs of 61.20 dollars more than the other, despite the profitable cow not appearing superior.
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Babcock
Martin Swedbred
Woodfordounty
Butterfat Production Costs Highlight Cow Efficiency
A report notes a cow producing 100 pounds of fat annually costs 36 cents per pound to feed, based on records from 1,500 cows. The data underscores efficiency issues in dairy farming and feeding costs per fat yield.
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